The Duke of Atholl, former convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, with Mrs E. P.
Hill, former secretary of Gourock ladies' guild. Mrs Hill, awarded a gold badge, had been unable to attend the AGM in London in May to... - View image in PDF
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HANDKERCHIEF SIGNAL At 10.42 a.m. the next day, the Rame Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Plympton police had reported that a boat needing help about a mile off Bovisand was under observation from Breakwater Fort and did...
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A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
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Over the water from Milford Haven, where the tall chimneys of the oil refineries belch out their smoke, lies the small village of Angle, a village of about 200 inhabitants, a village which the Industrial Revolution seems almost to have...
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From ist April to 30th June, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 76 times. On nine occasions—described in chronological order below—they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14...
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OCTOBER 25TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A parachute had been reported coming down some miles to the northward, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £11 15s..
. . . (below) after her naming, at Newhaven on September 7, 1983, the new Arun lifeboat demonstrates her manoeuvrability. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Berwick - on - Tweed, Northumberland.— Just after 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported that a motor launch, in trying to enter the harbour in a fresh northerly breeze, with a heavy swell, had run...